American Literary Movements

Which American movement's main literature consisted of creation myths?

• Puritans

• Native Americans

• Modernism

• Enlightenment

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The ________ opposed fiction because it was fake and full of lies.

• Enlightenment Period

• Modernists

• Native Americans

• Puritans

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The Salem Witch Trials took place during this literary movement.

• Puritans/English Settlers

• Realism

• Transcendentalism

• Enlightenment

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

The major political documents (Constitution, etc.) came from this American movement.

• Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This literary movement was focused on connecting to nature and reaching a higher spiritual level

• Realism

• Puritans

• Transcendentalism

• Pluralism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This literary movement gave birth to the short story.

• Gothicism

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Enlightenment

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

_____ believed in living simply and standing up for your beliefs.

• Romanticists

• Native Americans

• Transcendentalists

• Puritans

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

This movement expanded the fiction genre by introducing exotic and supernatural settings and plotlines.

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Puritans

• Pluralism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Slave narratives exemplify the themes and values of this literary movement.

• Puritans

• Modernism

• Realism

• Romanticism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Women's rights and women writers came to light during this literary movement.

• Enlightenment

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Native Americans

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.9